Mara Naaman resigns: Dalton School teacher resigns after being accused of sexually abusing a student

New York, May 27: In a shocking development, the prestigious Dalton School in the US has become embroiled in controversy after a former student accused a high school teacher of sexual abuse. The accused teacher, Mara Naaman, has submitted her resignation four days after the Dalton School received a letter regarding the alleged misconduct.

According to the New York Postthe 50-year-old English teacher allegedly abused the former student between 2020 and 2022. The Dalton School took immediate action by holding an assembly to inform high school students of the ongoing investigation. An email from school principal Jose De Jesus stressed the importance of verifying the claims and identifying additional potential victims. Shock in the USA: High school teacher has sex with student in North Carolina, arrested.

“We are only releasing the name of the teacher so that anyone with relevant information can provide it. Our priority is to determine the credibility of these claims and whether there are any other allegations of abuse from other members of the community,” said an email from Principal Jesus. The school filed a police report and hired a specialized firm to investigate the harassment and sexual abuse allegations.

Who is Mara Naaman?

Before joining The Dalton School in 2017, Mara Naaman was an assistant professor of Arabic and comparative literature at Williams College in Massachusetts. Her academic work has been published in various journals, including the Journal of Arabic Literature. At The Dalton School, Naaman taught English literature to students in grades 9-12. The prestigious institution charges a hefty tuition fee of $61,000 per year. Sex with a student in the USA: High school teacher arrested for sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy in Arizona.

This is not the first time that the Dalton School has been in trouble. In 2018, former principal Gardner Dunnan was accused in a federal lawsuit of sexually abusing a 14-year-old student who lived with him and his wife in 1986. The school gained further notoriety during the trial of Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire financier and convicted sex offender. Epstein worked as a physics and math teacher at the Dalton School in 1973.

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